HomeMy WebLinkAbout981698.tiff August 31 . 1998
PROPOSAL FOR ACQUIRING ADDITIONAL MONIES FOR THE STATE AND
COUNTIES OF COLORADO
SUBJECT: FINDERS FEE CONSIDERATION
CONSIDERATION ADDRESSED TO - - -
CHAIRMAN
WELD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Box 459
Greeley CO 80632
Suggestions submitted by:
Wm. R. Launchbaugh
9039 S . Yosemite Street
Unit 2005
Lone Tree , CO 80124-2951
( 303 ) 645-5515
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ALL OF THE SUGGESTIONS IN THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS ARE SOLID
PROPOSALS AND ARE PRESENTED WITH THE IDEA OF SUPPLEMENTING
MONIES DUE THE STATE OF COLORADO. THIS IS A LOSS OF
MONEY DUE TO OUT OF STATE RESIDENTS NOT APPLYING FOR EITHER
A DRIVERS LICENSE OR PRIMARILY LICENSE PLATES THAT THEY
DO NOT PURCHASE IN THE ALLOTTED TIME PERIOD ( 30 DAYS ) .
WE ARE AWARE THAT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL DO NOT HAVE
THE TIME TO FOLLOW THROUGH AND ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY INFOR-
MATION NEEDED TO ENFORCE THE LAW THAT IS PRESENTLY ON THE
BOOKS . AS COLORADO NATIVES , WE ARE IN A UNIQUE POSITION
TO PROVIDE THE NEEDED ASSISTANCE THAT WILL HELP INCREASE THE
LOST REVENUE THAT SHOULD BE THE STATE' S INSTEAD OF THE OUT
OF STATE MOTOR VEHICLE DEPARTMENTS ACCEPTING MONEY THAT
RIGHTFULLY BELONGS TO THE STATE OF COLORADO. A SUGGESTION
ON HOW TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM WITHOUT COST TO THE STATE OF
COLORADO WILL BE PRESENTED LATER IN THIS PROPOSAL. IT IS
KNOWN THAT THE FEW WHO ARE STOPPED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE
ONLY BY CHANCE, NOT BY MAKING THIS A PRIMARY CHORE FOR
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THE PROPOSALS ARE AS FOLLOWS ---- HAVE AN APPROPRIATE NUMBER
OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE RETIRED OR DISABLED THAT CAN USE
THEIR VEHICLES TO GO INTO THEIR ASSIGNED COUNTY IN THE STATE
OF COLORADO AND OBSERVE THE OUT OF STATE PLATES THAT ARE
OBVIOUSLY NOT VISITORS FOR A SHORT TIME. (SOURCE OF MANPOWER
COULD COME FROM MEMBERS OF AARP ) .
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EXAMPLE--BY OBSERVING A VEHICLE PARKED IN AN APARTMENT
COMPLEX OVER A WEEK AND IS NOT THERE DURING THE DAY
USUALLY IS A CLUE THAT THE PERSON OR PERSONS ARE EMPLOYED.
IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT ANYONE EMPLOYED MORE THAN
20 HOURS PER WEEK HAS TO PURCHASE THE PROPER PLATES AND
LICENSE. THAT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO WILL
USE A PORTABLE TAPE RECORDER AND NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
DATE AND TIME OF REPORT. ADDRESS . LICENSE PLATE NUMBER.
STATE LICENSE PLATE WHERE ISSUED, EXPIRATION DATE OF
LICENSE PLATE NUMBER, MAKE AND COLOR OF AUTO OR TRUCK.
A FORM FOR THAT REPORT WOULD BE CARRIED TO THE OFFICE
OF THE SHERIFF OF THAT PARTICULAR COUNTY AND SHOULD
BE SIGNED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT
COUNTY. THE INDIVIDUAL WILL SIGN FOR HIS COPY AND
KNOW THAT HE WILL BE PAID A 15% FINDERS FEE FOR THE
SERVICE TO BE PAID MONTHLY BY THE APPROPRIATE COUNTY
OR STATE OFFICE. THIS SHOULD BE DETERMINED PRIOR TO
ANYONE TENDERING A REPORT. NO COMPENSATION IF THE
PARTY IN QUESTION IS A VISITOR.
VOLUNTEERING FOR THIS CHORE WOULD NOT ATTRACT THE NECESSARY
INDIVIDUALS TO FOLLOW THROUGH AND MAKE A COMPLETE REPORT.
TO MOTIVATE THESE SAID REPRESENTATIVES WILL REQUIRE SOME
TYPE OF COMPENSATION. THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLE SHOULD BE A
TESTIMONY AS TO THE VALUE OF THIS SUGGESTION FOR THE BENEFIT
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO AND SECONDARILY FOR THE MOTIVATION
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FOR SAID REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STATE TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON
EXPECTED DUTIES TO BE PERFORMED:
IN A PERIOD OF 10 DAYS ONE REPRESENTATIVE COULD SUBMIT
10 SUSPECTED NON-PARTICIPANTS OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF COLORADO
NOT ACQUIRING THE NECESSARY PLATES WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME
PERIOD AFTER ESTABLISHING RESIDENCE IN THE STATE .
TAKING AN AVERAGE OF A LICENSE PLATE FEE OF $300. 00,
AT A 15% FINDERS FEE, THE TOTAL WOULD AMOUNT TO $45 .00
PER VIOLATION. MULTIPLYING THIS AMOUNT TIMES TEN WOULD
COME TO $450 .00 IN FINDERS FEES .
TAKING THE AMOUNT OF MONIES THE STATE WOULD RECEIVE
BY THIS PROCESS , THE TOTAL PAID TO THE STATE WOULD COME
TO $255 . 00 TIMES 10 . THIS WOULD BE A TOTAL OF $2 , 550 . 00 .
NOT COUNTING WHAT THE INDIVIDUAL WOULD MAKE IN A YEAR' S
TIME AT THE FIGURE OF 40 VIOLATORS WOULD RECOVER
$102 ,000 FOR THE YEAR USING 480 VIOLATIONS YEARLY FOR
ONE PERSON! ! USING A MINIMUM OF FIFTY REPRESENTATIVES
THROUGHOUT THE STATE, THE TOTAL REVENUE COULD AMOUNT
TO $5 , 100 , 000 ! !
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ALSO, THESE PROJECTED FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE THE $500 or
$1 .000 FINES ASSESSED TO THE PEOPLE THAT DO NOT CONFORM
TO THE INITIAL NOTICE OF PAYMENT DUE. CONSERVATIVELY.
THE FIGURE FOR THE YEAR COULD INCREASE BY ANOTHER 80
THAT PAID THE FINES AVERAGING $750 . THE INCREASE WOULD
AMOUNT TO $60. 000 PLUS THE $5 . 100 .000 . THE GRAND TOTAL
COULD BE $5 . 160 .000 .
AS A FINAL REMINDER -- THE STATE OF COLORADO HAD NONE OF
THESE MONIES UP TO THIS DATE ! ! ! WOULDN'T THIS MAKE
BUSINESS SENSE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF RETURN WITH MINIMUM
COST? THE NO INCENTIVE FEE WOULD NOT PRODUCE THESE KINDS
OF RESULTS .
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